{"id":824359,"date":"2026-10-08T06:31:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T06:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/824359\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T06:31:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T06:31:18","slug":"arizona-diamondbacks-news-8-15-pfaadt-ends-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/824359\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona Diamondbacks news, 8\/15: Pfaadt ends Sale"},"content":{"rendered":"

[AZ Central] Brandon Pfaadt\u2019s latest gem leads Diamondbacks past Braves<\/a> – In his latest impressive start \u2014 and probably his best yet during his recent stretch \u2014 Pfaadt fired seven shutout innings of two-hit ball before handing off to the bullpen. Pfaadt struck out seven and did not walk a batter. The Diamondbacks got a run-scoring groundout from Gabriel Moreno in the first inning and a solo homer from Tim Tawa in the top of the ninth. The run in the first was helped along by a misplay in left field by the Braves\u2019 Mauricio Dubon. The Diamondbacks won despite going 0 for 14 with runners in scoring position. Pfaadt has been on an incredible run since rejoining the rotation in late June. In nine starts, he has a 1.15 ERA in 54 2\/3 innings.<\/p>\n

[Dbacks.com] Marte day to day after exiting early due to left knee soreness<\/a> – In the bottom of the first inning at Truist Park, Marte ranged to his right to attempt to field a Drake Baldwin ground ball and twisted awkwardly in the process. Marte stayed in the game for the remainder of the first inning. \u201cIt\u2019s been something that\u2019s been bothering him for a couple of days since the Padres series [Aug. 3-6],\u201d said manager Torey Lovullo. \u201cHe\u2019s been trying to gut it out, and he moved to his left and it just got to be a little bit too much for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

[Arizona Sports] Will Zac Gallen play a role for the 2026 Diamondbacks again?<\/a> – Manager Torey Lovullo said Gallen is getting close to facing live hitters, after which point he could jump into a Bridge League game and get closer to building up for a return. \u201cI feel good knowing that he\u2019s hungry and he wants to come back,\u201d Lovullo told Arizona Sports\u2019 Burns & Gambo. \u201cWhat I\u2019ve told Zac and Ryne Nelson is just get healthy, we can\u2019t force a timeline until you\u2019re healthy. Both are now healthy, and they are ramping up so where does it lead us with Zac, it\u2019s unknown. He\u2019s just going to continue this build up. \u2026 If you get up to three (innings) and 50 (pitches) at a certain point, then we\u2019ll start to really integrate the idea of getting him back into this situation as a starting pitcher.\u201d<\/p>\n

[SI] Diamondbacks Give New Injury Update on Jordan Lawlar, Justin Martinez<\/a> – Lawlar has been rehabbing a hamstring injury with the Double-A Amarillo Sod Poodles. After a slow start, the center fielder has crushed home runs in back-to-back games. Lawlar did not play in Thursday\u2019s game, but Lovullo said the plan is for him to get into a bit more minor league action before he can make a return to a major league playing field. \u201cLawlar\u2019s going to play a couple more games in a row and see how he feels. Stay tuned. It\u2019s looking very positive,\u201d Arizona\u2019s manager said. He did, however, say it could be \u201cwithin the week\u201d to see both Lawlar and Martinez make their return to the MLB roster.<\/p>\n

[ESPN] San Francisco Giants to host 2028 MLB All-Star Game<\/a> – Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred announced Friday that the 2028 Midsummer Classic will be at Oracle Park, home of the San Francisco Giants. The 2007 game was played in the picturesque waterfront ballpark, featuring now-Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki\u2019s famous inside-the-park home run that bounced off the tricky wall in right-center field. \u201cWith its passionate fanbase, world-class ballpark, and rich baseball history, San Francisco will be an outstanding host for All-Star Week, which culminates in one of Major League Baseball\u2019s best traditions, the Midsummer Classic,\u201d Manfred said in a statement. \u201cWe look forward to bringing the excitement of All-Star Week and the celebration of baseball to the Bay Area.\u201d<\/p>\n

[MLB.com] How baseball\u2019s unorthodox pitchers found their way<\/a> – These days, pitching sure feels like it\u2019s defined by velocity, which continues to tick up.But there\u2019s a small group of pitchers who don\u2019t rely on velo at all. They play baseball like it was first designed to be played. In 1845, the New York Knickerbocker Base Ball Club spelled out the first surviving rules of baseball. They noted that \u201cthe ball must be pitched, not thrown, for the bat.\u201d That\u2019s right. Everyone threw underhanded, a mandate that required the pitcher to throw with a stiff wrist and elbow. No one does this anymore, unless, well, you squint a bit. Then, you\u2019ll see that some players are still carrying the mantle. While they don\u2019t throw underhanded, they most certainly don\u2019t deliver the ball over the top, either. [Significant section here on Arizona\u2019s Ryan Thompson]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[AZ Central] Brandon Pfaadt\u2019s latest gem leads Diamondbacks past Braves – In his latest impressive start \u2014 and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":824360,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2404],"tags":[146,22,14273,4314,5,38,4,39029],"class_list":["post-824359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arizona-diamondbacks","tag-arizona","tag-arizona-diamondbacks","tag-arizona-diamondbacks-news","tag-arizonadiamondbacks","tag-baseball","tag-diamondbacks","tag-mlb","tag-snake-bytes"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/117403889396733207","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=824359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/824360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=824359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=824359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}